{"id":39250,"date":"2013-10-20T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T19:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/20\/how-to-destroy-a-business-without-really-trying.html"},"modified":"2013-10-20T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T19:02:24","slug":"how-to-destroy-a-business-without-really-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/20\/how-to-destroy-a-business-without-really-trying.html","title":{"rendered":"How to destroy a business without really trying"},"content":{"rendered":"
Because, of course, FedEx and UPS would love<\/i> to have access to cherry-picked first class mail business. \u00a0But because someone (hmmm, might have been our Founding Fathers) decided that the Post Office was so critical that it was a public utility, they can't get to it. \u00a0Unless their pet congresscritters finally manage to drive the USPS out of business. Which they're doing a great<\/i> job of.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>George Wiman<\/a><\/span>)<\/div>\n

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\n Despite what some technobrats might have you think, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is actually still functioning. That might come as a surprise, since USPS is running a $5 billion deficit\u2013supposed …\n <\/p>\n

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Because, of course, FedEx and UPS would love to have access to cherry-picked first class mail business. \u00a0But because someone (hmmm, might have been our Founding Fathers) decided that the Post Office was so critical that it was a public utility, they can't get to it. \u00a0Unless their pet congresscritters finally manage to drive the … Continue reading “How to destroy a business without really trying”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29804,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/14\/losing-our-downtown-office-depot.html","url_meta":{"origin":39250,"position":0},"title":"Losing our downtown Office Depot","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 14-Aug-12 11:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure that it's a cool think that there will be more restaurants and office space and residential lofts in a key downtown Denver area ... but, dagnabbit, I use that OD, for a variety of light technical and non-standard office supplies. \u00a0Not really a good replacement within easy walking\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28009,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/25\/office-with-a-view.html","url_meta":{"origin":39250,"position":1},"title":"Office with a view","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-May-12 1:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"Captivate\" network runs on the TV screens in my office building's elevators, with little news blurb and weather maps, etc. They also have this \"View from your office\" photo submission feature that solicits pictures from folks showing the views from their office.What makes this one particularly amusing is that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32928,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/denver-office-drip-coffee-po.html","url_meta":{"origin":39250,"position":2},"title":"Denver office: drip coffee, po…","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Mar-13 3:55am","format":false,"excerpt":"Denver office: drip coffee, powdered creamer. 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